Recording Audio On The iPad

This video demonstrates one approach to recording multitrack audio on the iPad, using a Behringer U-Control UCA222 & MultiTrack DAW app.

Details on the setup below.

via mvpadrini:

Testing the cheap and compact audio interface UCA222 for recording audio on iPad. Even with the power limitations of iOS 4.2 for external devices the UCA222 works nice with the Camera Connection Kit. No external power supply needed. It’s a nice solution for recording in stereo keeping the mobility.

For this video I used the Multitrack Daw app and a Korg Microx. The demo song is an excerpt of Renaissance’s Can You Understand (Ashes are burning, 1973).

More about Mobile Music and Music Apps on www.musicapps.com.br

Testando a barata e compacta interface de áudio UCA222 para gravar áudio no iPad. Mesmo com as limitações de energia do iOS 4.2 para dispositivos externos, a UCA222 funciona bem com o Camera Connection Kit e não necessita de alimentação externa. É uma boa solução para gravar em estéreo e manter a mobilidade.

Para este vídeo usei o aplicativo MusltiTrack DAW e um sintetizador Korg Microx. A música de demonstração é um trecho da faixa Can You Understand da banda Renaissance (Ashes are burning, 1973).

Mais sobre música móvel e aplicativos musicais no www.musicapps.com.br

16 thoughts on “Recording Audio On The iPad

  1. Appart from the lack of tools, the low CPU and the ridiculous storage size, could someone explain the goal of using an iPad instead a standard laptop for fixed musical recording ?

  2. or any number of cheaper integrated solution (handheld stereo/flashcard recorder, etc).

    Seems like a lot of fiddling about and spending for very little payoff.

  3. If you want to record with something smaller, thinner and lighter than a notebook, with less cables, longer battery life, keeping the possibility to edit and adjust your tracks on the go, but better now just touching the screen, the iPad can be a nice tool for musical recording.

    For sure the video is just an example but I guess the iPad can be good for audio recording when you are out of your home studio, without your notebook, etc. The apps for that are good but they are just starting now.

  4. If you look at it from the perspective of replacing a laptop, I think it's a poor susbtitute (although the touch interface gives it certain advantages). From the perspective of a susbstitute for a Fostex or a Zoom or pen & paper it's great because, while all are portable and autonomous, an iPad or tablet sports far greater options. For composers it's an awesome sketchbook tool to have around.

    The functionality is far greater than one would imagine. It's not going to replace a fully equipped DAW, though.

  5. If you look at it from the perspective of replacing a laptop, I think it's a poor susbtitute (although the touch interface gives it certain advantages). From the perspective of a susbstitute for a Fostex or a Zoom or pen & paper it's great because, while all are portable and autonomous, an iPad or tablet sports far greater options. For composers it's an awesome sketchbook tool to have around.

    The functionality is far greater than one would imagine. It's not going to replace a fully equipped DAW, though.

  6. If you look at it from the perspective of replacing a laptop, I think it's a poor susbtitute (although the touch interface gives it certain advantages). From the perspective of a susbstitute for a Fostex or a Zoom or pen & paper it's great because, while all are portable and autonomous, an iPad or tablet sports far greater options. For composers it's an awesome sketchbook tool to have around.

    The functionality is far greater than one would imagine. It's not going to replace a fully equipped DAW, though.

  7. If you look at it from the perspective of replacing a laptop, I think it's a poor susbtitute (although the touch interface gives it certain advantages). From the perspective of a susbstitute for a Fostex or a Zoom or pen & paper it's great because, while all are portable and autonomous, an iPad or tablet sports far greater options. For composers it's an awesome sketchbook tool to have around.

    The functionality is far greater than one would imagine. It's not going to replace a fully equipped DAW, though.

  8. If you look at it from the perspective of replacing a laptop, I think it's a poor susbtitute (although the touch interface gives it certain advantages). From the perspective of a susbstitute for a Fostex or a Zoom or pen & paper it's great because, while all are portable and autonomous, an iPad or tablet sports far greater options. For composers it's an awesome sketchbook tool to have around.

    The functionality is far greater than one would imagine. It's not going to replace a fully equipped DAW, though.

  9. If you look at it from the perspective of replacing a laptop, I think it's a poor susbtitute (although the touch interface gives it certain advantages). From the perspective of a susbstitute for a Fostex or a Zoom or pen & paper it's great because, while all are portable and autonomous, an iPad or tablet sports far greater options. For composers it's an awesome sketchbook tool to have around.

    The functionality is far greater than one would imagine. It's not going to replace a fully equipped DAW, though.

  10. Ahh, all those envious people that don't have an ipad… Oh well, I guess it is better to use 2 track dedicated hardware unit with no editing to speak of rather than ipad with 8 track recording, FX processing, sample accurate editing, synthesis, mixing, MIDI, etc; etc;

  11. I think what's more important is why Apple decided to lower the available power over the USB bus rendering a whole mess of good USB mics unusable. For no good reason I can fathom, either. Why?

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